Lieutenant Colonel Leopold Henry George Conville (19 October 1896 – 12 November 1979) was a British Army officer and farmer in Sahiwal Punjab on land that is now in Pakistan. He was appointed OBE and later CBE for services to the United Kingdom community in West Pakistan.
Early life and family Leopold Conville was born at Multan now in Pakistan on 19 October 1896 to H. T. Conville (died 1939), a farmer and agent for agricultural machinery,Ali, Imran. (1979) The Punjab Canal Colonies, 1885-1940. Canberra: Australian National University. p. 366. (PhD thesis) and his wife. He was educated at Dulwich College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan. Biographical Research Institute, Pakistan, 1961, p. 374. He married Katherine Mary (Teresa) GispertDavid Conville Obituary. Michael Coveney, The Guardian, 3 December 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2019. (1898-1973) and they had sons David Conville (1929-2018) who became a noted actor and theatre director, and an older child Michael.
Career Conville served in the British Army Royal Garrison Artillery as a second lieutenant and later as a captain. He eventually rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
He inherited the very large Convillepur Farm, Sahiwal, in the Punjab, on his father's death in 1939. It was the subject of a reported Indian tax case in 1936H.T. Conville v. Commissioner of Income-Tax, Lahore. Cyber Knowledge Products. Retrieved 7 January 2019. and is now in Pakistan.David Conville obituary. The Times, 5 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2019. He was appointed OBE, and in 1960 was made CBE for services to the United Kingdom community in West Pakistan."Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood", The London Gazette, 11 June 1960, p. 3993.
Death Conville died 12 November 1979. His address at the time of his death was Wisteria House, Colt Hill, Odiham, Hampshire.The London Gazette, 28 April 1980, p. 6329. He was buried in Odiham Cemetery.
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